SUMBUL is eponymous
range launched by Sumbul Ahmed. Her collections take inspiration
from her heritage and blend them with the modern for wearable ease
- a perfect mix of the casual east and the fast-paced west. She
use indigenous fabrics like adaptable for Khaddar dyed in somber
hues and modern ultra hip denim and breezy prints with great
adaptability for fast moving lifestyles, to ensurea consistently
superior quality, the SUMBUL line exude class, sophistication and
easy elegance, as well as an ethnic inspired collection.
Sumbul Ahmed recently outfitted actors Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons
for the world premieres of their movie, The Merchant of Venice in
Venice , Toronto and for the Royal premiere at the London Odeon
attended by H.R.H . Prince Charles.
SUMBUL has outfitted
cast members in movies, pop star for their stage show and high
flying celebrities. her client list read like the Who's who of the
entertaining, fashion, corporate and political world of three
nations: England, Pakistan, India and across the Atlantic. She has
dresses Tony Blair in her exclusive dress-shirts and other
valuable customers includes well-known names such as Bill Clinton,
Imran Khan, Greta Saatchi, Roger Taylor, Caprice, Shahrukh Khan,
Juhi Chawla,…The collections have also been introduced to H.R.H.
Duke of Edinburg, T.R.H`s Princes Charles, T.R.HS. Prince William
and T.R.HS Prince Henry, Sir Elton John, Jemima Khan, Boy George,
Sir Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Kool and the gang, Destiny's
Child, famous football player Reo Ferdenand and many more.
Top fashion Journals and TV stations England and Pakistan have
featured the SUMBUL line: British G.Q: The Diary, International
Textile, Hello !, Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, Sony TV, Star
TV, BFU, BBC, ZTV, ATN, MBC among others.
The SUMBUL Fashion collections have had five exclusive shows in
London: three in Tramp, one at Belvedere and one at The
Collections. SUMBUL has also showed her collections at the
Islington Business Design Centre on M-99, Sehm in Paris and
attended the Clothes Show Live 1999 event - the biggest fashion
and beauty consumer event in the world. The SUMBUL brand is being
stocked in Bond Street.
On June 25, 2004, SUMBUL launched her `highly successful' Spring
/Summer 2005 collection at the Carlton Tower Hotel in London to an
audience of celebrity, press, business and fashion industry
figures. All of the previous six SUMBUL labels shows held in
London have been sponsored by G.Q:Magazine, Bvlgari , and Ferrari
with hair and make up provided by such fashion industry luminaries
as Daniel Galvin, the Richard Ward Salon and Regis, the salon at
Harvey Nichols.
Paying homage to her own eastern roots the Spring Summer 2006
men's wear and women's wear collections are a perfect mix of the
casual East and the frenetic West with indigenously motiffed knits
and Ts; tough leather; formal sumptuous cottons, slinky chiffons
and seductive suede. Furthermore in keeping with its East/West
cosmopolitan ethos, the SUMBUL label plans to hold a on city tour
of the Spring/Summer 2007 collection in London, Dubai, Mumbai a
Karachi. |